Feb. 6, 2021 Catholic News Agency California’s strict coronavirus rules banning indoor worship were blocked and revised by a U.S. Supreme Court injunction Feb. 5. “This is a very significant step forward for basic rights," San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said. "This decision makes clear we can now return to worshiping safely indoors without risk of harassment from government officials. “As Christians we are members of a Church, which literally means an assembly of people coming together to worship God,” Archbishop Cordileone continued. “This is our identity; it is in our very nature to gather in person to give honor and glory to God. And especially as Catholics we know that our worship cannot be livestreamed: there is no way to give Communion, or any of the other sacraments via the internet.”